Maxtor help please

[paulh]

Hi guys,

I've brought a cheap Maxtor external HDD (needed it to do some backing up quick)

The problem i have it when i when i try to open it it says i need to format the drive, but if i unplug it and plug it back in again then open it i can get the the stuff on it!??

Any ideas whats wrong?

 

[paulh]

haha. Belive me i would not have brough it if i had another option at the time! I've not formated it as it worked from the box.

From what you've said though, i might take it back and get my money back. I only really needed it for a short while so i could do a complete reinstall on both my drives.

 

[paulh]

haha, no i think i'll take your first advice and get rid of it. I dont realy need it was only going to be a temp fix but i couldn't be bothered to take it back (how lazy is that i cant be bother to drive 10 mins to the shop!!, haha)

Thanks for the info.